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Must Christians Believe in the Virgin Birth?

29/12/2016 0 Comment

Christians must face the fact that a denial of the virgin birth is a denial of Jesus as the Christ. The Savior who died for our sins was none other than the baby who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of a virgin. The virgin birth does not stand alone as a biblical doctrine, it is an irreducible part of the biblical revelation about the person and work of Jesus Christ. With it, the Gospel stands or falls.

With December 25 fast approaching, the secular media are sure to turn their intere..

Virgin Birth Debate Interrupts Regular ‘War on Christmas’ Program

28/12/2016 0 Comment

“A lot of people don’t believe it, and I understand that,” Stanley said. “Maybe the thought is they had to come up with some kind of myth about the birth of Jesus to give him street cred later on. Maybe that’s where that came from.”

The other war on Christmas — not the one over saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” — broke into a skirmish after a well-known evangelical preacher suggested he doesn’t have a problem with people who doubt the Virgin Birth.

Andy Stanley, founder of N..

Job and Jesus (RJS)

27/12/2016 0 Comment

We’ve been looking at How to Read Job by John Walton and Tremper Longman III. The first three sections of the book focus on Job in its ancient Near Eastern audience. As Old Testament scholars, both Longman and Walton agree that a meaning detached from the ancient context will necessarily go awry. As Christians, however, we believe that there is more to the text than the ancient audience realized.
After all, now Job appears in a broader context – the canon – and we need to read the book in light ..

Pastor, Am I a Christian?

27/12/2016 0 Comment

You imply that really good people (e.g., Gandhi) should also be saved, not just Christians. The problem is that Christians do not believe anyone can be saved by being good. If you don’t come to God through faith in what Christ has done, you would be approaching on the basis of your own goodness….Christians believe that it is those who admit their weakness and need for a savior who get salvation. If access to God is through the grace of Jesus, then anyone can receive eternal life instantly. This ..

God Will Give You Something to Say

27/12/2016 0 Comment

I would like to encourage you to enjoy a particular experience of the ministry of the Holy Spirit promised by our Lord Jesus.

When he made this promise, he had in mind mainly the tense and dangerous moments when the adversaries of Christianity bring you before authorities and give you a chance to speak. For example, he said,

“When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Ho..

How Did The Existence Of The Roman Empire Help The Spread Of Christianity

26/12/2016 0 Comment

Did the Roman Empire help to spread Christianity, and if so, in what ways?
Pax RomanaDuring the times of Christ and the Apostles, the Roman Empire was the dominant world power and they subjugated all nations which they conquered, but they also allowed them certain freedoms, like the freedom to worship in their own way. The mighty empire brought a domineering power to the world, but it also brought a peace that the world had not known for some time. It was called “Pax Romana,” which is Latin for ..

Andy Stanley: Please Relent or Step Down from Pastoral Ministry

26/12/2016 0 Comment

If anyone has not heard by this point, Andy Stanley, being infamous for making some foolish statements about the nature of the church and the scriptures, has done it yet again. Yet the interesting thing here for those paying close attention, is that the recent debacle over him making the claim that Christianity doesn’t hinge off of the biblical account of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, is really just the outworking of his previous statements. Incidentally, it also mirrors the decent into libe..

The Christmas Gospel

23/12/2016 0 Comment

By John Frye
Dear Apostle Paul,
Did you goof up in your recounting the essence of the gospel to the Corinthian believers? In 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 you state your aim to remind those believers what the gospel is, the gospel you had yourself “received” as part of emerging Christian tradition. You emphasize that this gospel, your gospel, is the only gospel that saves. What is the gospel, Paul?
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to t..

3 Christmas Mysteries

23/12/2016 0 Comment

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

When I read those words, I can hear the deep Scottish voice of my former headmaster, echoing through the Glaswegian parish church where I and my fellow pupils gathered for our annual Christmas carol service. As best I can tell, neither he nor I were believers at the time, but I still remember that his reading of John’s prologue (which he insisted on) never failed to give me chills. Even to our unregenerat..

Advent promises in a world of impatience

23/12/2016 0 Comment

Once when I was a kid my parents bought a new sofa and armchair for the lounge. I remember hearing them say that they had saved up for years to buy it. I don’t know whether it was a couple of years or significantly longer than that, but the period was measured not in week,s or even in months, but in years.

This was only thirty-something years ago. How times have changed. The pendulum has swung so f..